Essay discussing its stylistic significance

Required length per essay: 2-2.5 pages (about 600-800 words).
MLA Format: Times New Roman or similar font, 12 point, double spaced.
The essays are to be fully developed, written in complete sentences, and checked for grammar
and spelling. You must have an introduction with a thesis (argument), AT LEAST 3 supporting
paragraphs, and a conclusion.
This is an open note/open book exam.
Absolutely no plagiarism will be tolerated. Your ideas must be your own. When you use outside
sources, you must correctly cite your sources both in the body of your work, and in a Works
Cited at the end of your essay.
Please refer to the MLA website at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
Once on the website, choose the MLA guide under “Suggested Resources” This will help you
both with MLA formatting and correct citation to avoid plagiarism.

STYLISTIC MAGE CHOICE:
Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)

ESSAY I: STYLISTIC ANALYSIS
Write an essay discussing its stylistic significance. Be sure to cover the following points in your
analysis:
– Identify the artist, title, period style and medium.
– Analyse the stylistic characteristics (light, line, color, scale, medium & subject matter)
– Why is the artwork stylistically significant? How does it represent its period style?
– How does it represent its religious/cultural style?
– What stylistic influences can you identify?
– Be sure to apply specific art historical terms (vocabulary) in your answer.
– Use complete sentences and paragraphs including an introduction and conclusion.
-Remember to focus your main argument around style, both both cultural and stylistic facts are
permitted to support your argument.
CULTURAL IMAGE CHOICE:
The Colosseum
ESSAY I: CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Write an essay discussing its cultural significance. Be sure to cover the following points in your
analysis:
– Identify the artist, title, period style and medium.
– Discuss the subject matter of the artwork. Does it contain any iconography, symbolism,
narrative story or message?
– Discuss the cultural (social, historical, political, religious, biographical) context of the artwork.
– Why is this artwork culturally significant? What does it tell us about the culture/region/religion
that produced it?
– Be sure to apply specific art historical terms (vocabulary) in your answer.
– Use complete sentences and paragraphs including an introduction and conclusion.
-Remember to focus your main argument around style, both both cultural and stylistic facts are
permitted to support your argument.

suggested book to be used: Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective
Author(s)Kleiner, Fred S. ISBN9781305970113

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